Presbyterian Outlook recognized at Best of the Christian Press Awards
The Outlook received 10 awards, including honors for their design, professional resourcing, theological reflection, and critical review.
Summer can feel synonymous with “gathering.” And at the height of the 2020 pandemic, the almost collective lament at the inability to gather – in worship, with family, for birthday parties and weddings, around the coffee pot at work, or even at a funeral – made the eventual togetherness both sweet and bittersweet. We didn’t realize before, it seems, how much community can mean. But Jesus told us: “For where two or three are gathered in my name, I am there among them (Matthew 18:20).” This issue of the Outlook explores what it means to gather, to be in community with one another, and to find the Holy Spirit there and waiting.
The Outlook received 10 awards, including honors for their design, professional resourcing, theological reflection, and critical review.
Teri McDowell Ott interviews Acting Stated Clerk Bronwen Boswell as she wraps up her time in the position.
The Advisory Committee on the Constitution evaluates the Olympia overture, POL-01.
Several PC(USA) committees have submitted advise and counsel to GA on the Olympia overture.
Rosalind Banbury previews the next Horizons Bible study offered by the Presbyterian Women.
13th Amendment still allows slavery and involuntary servitude as punishment for people who are incarcerated.
The decision to have no exhibit hall for the General Assembly in Salt Lake City sparks strong reactions. Greg Allen-Pickett reports.
Business before 226th General Assembly seeks to further denomination’s commitment to peace in Israel/Palestine.
A new law in Utah bars transgender people from using, in certain places, restrooms that correspond to their gender identities.
This summer, General Assembly commissioners will vote on amending the "Book of Order" to include sexual orientation and gender identity among the categories against which the PC(USA) will not discriminate.
Kelly Beeland has worked with organizations small and large, including the Transportation Security Administration and NASA.
While free time at #GA226 might be limited, don't miss out on these Salt Lake City classics. Utah native Natalily Kyremes-Parks shares her top recommendations.
Beverly Brewster shares a commissioners' resolution that will be introduced this summer at General Assembly.
Brian Ellison calls for inclusive leadership in the PC(USA) and support of the Olympia overture.
Jack Haberer remembers a past PC(USA) polity decision that resulted in a massive exodus. What can we learn from our past, he asks?